Just when I thought things were starting to look up, being at the end of my first Ecsaine/Corfam replacement, I encountered my first Kimball La Petite. (Not bad, 30+ years unscathed). A brief scouring through the archives didn't shed light on how to reconfigure the repetition spring. They are extremely strong. Many reps have each arm of the spring riding the wood. The spring is not pinned into the rep lever support post, so they can be easily removed for bending (reconfiguring) and pre-tensioning. Are there any words of wisdom (besides running) to reduce my experimentation? I'll be tapering the untapered hammers as well to reduce touchweight and accommodate a lighter tension. The backchecks are 5mm too high and the hammers leap out of them hitting the strings. More to fix. BTW, I am not the one graced with that Haines action, it was an inquiry from an MMDer. Looks like I'll be springing into Spring, Regards, Jon Page
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